Quite simply, yes. Piccolo appeared to be stronger than #17 and is fighting at a level similar to Gohan after training for Moro's invasion for 2 months. He assumed that his last ditch effort, an attack that would wipe out all his nearby friends and allies would do significant damage to a Moro who was much stronger than a powered up SSBE Vegeta and UI Omen Goku.
Piccolo was already at god level if you scale Frost to Frieza during the U6 tournament arc. But even if you keep conservative estimates like I do and lowball things for Piccolo, there's no doubt he's god tier now. You can lowball him at SSJ 3 tier with massively amped attacks if you want but there's really no justification to put him below that considering how he performed vs. Moro and Saganbo.
It really speaks to Piccolo's potential. Even without transformations or godly training (since he didn't do much with King Kai) Piccolo still manages to remain a contender despite the insane escalation of power between the Saiyan protagonists and their new foes. He really is the perfect training partner for Gohan when you think about it, considering they're not far apart in age and even their potentials seem similar if you consider the wicked power boosts both have had in the past.
The funny thing is, if Vegeta was what, somewhere between SS3 and SSG Goku with his rage boost vs. Beerus then Piccolo is definitely above that range and another perfect candidate to be trained by Whis. Hell, just give him Kaioken and he's top tier again.
dragonball0900 wrote: ↑Sat Apr 03, 2021 12:49 am
It doesn't make much sense due to SSG being considered a whole different level during BoG for Piccolo to catch up, and some people might argue this.
They botched that whole thing when they let Frieza reach this level with no need for God ki. Same with Hit and especially Jiren. Too many mortals are able to scrap with these "gods" for it to matter.
But this is DBS, and things usually don't make much sense.
I keep telling folks that there are no hard limits in DB. Even this stuff with Granolah, I'm sure he could also experience a limit break like everyone else from our main cast.
People might also argue that Piccolo's power up shouldn't be as big due it not being mentioned constantly or hyped anywhere. But here is the thing, it doesn't need to be hyped since the focus is mostly on Goku and Vegeta's increase and also about the opponents Saganbo and Moro. Piccolo's feats against Saganbo, as well as Goku's "barely recognizable" statement, already show how big of an increase Piccolo got in this current arc.
I've debated this very point on these forums before. Just because he isn't the focus doesn't mean his developments don't count especially when the story is throwing these developments right in our faces.
Big fan of the characters of Dragon Ball, all of them, especially formerly prominent sub-characters. -__-